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Starting a tire recycling business can help the environment. Instead of piling up in the local landfill and potentially starting a hazardous fire filled with pollutants, recycled tires can be broken down for use in other product or be retread. By learning how to start a tire recycling business, you can help preserve the environment as well as become a member of this fast-growing industry.

Steps

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Familiarize yourself with tire recycling basics. You should have a registered hauler carry the tires to your recycling center where you can either retread them for sale as a used tire or shred them down into crumb rubber.

Crumb rubber is shreds of rubber that have been broken down into 3/8-inch (.95 cm) particle size. Crumb rubber is used in a variety of applications including rubber mulch, asphalt, flooring, mud flaps, and many others. Retreading tires gives them additional life where they can be resold.

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Develop your tire recycling business plan. This will help you determine everything you need to really start your business and what you plan to do with the tires when you get them. The business plan will also help you secure any necessary funding you will need to start the business. Purchase all the specific equipment you need to run your business.

The used tire recycling equipment you will need will vary based on what you are doing with the tires, but could possibly include tread shredders, tread cutters, and bead removers.

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Secure the necessary permits required to operate a tire recycling business in your area. Make sure you are in compliance with all local, state, and federal guidelines for a business of this nature. You may have to operate your tire recycling business within an area zoned accordingly, and you may need specialized licensing and permits depending on your location. You should also secure general liability insurance to protect your business, potential employees, and all your equipment.

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Find a location to operate your business. It should be located within the proper zone as according to your local laws. You should have a building where you can house all your equipment and office tools as well as can greet customers. You should also have plenty of room to hold all your tire waste.

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Hire employees. You may not need to do this right away, but as the business expands, you will hopefully get more rubber and tires than you can handle on your own.

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Secure sources for used tires. Talk to local waste management companies to learn about the best places you can get the tires. Speak to all the tire dealers in the area and negotiate deals to get all their tire waste. Look through local directories to find other locations for used tires, such as metal recyclers where cars are crushed.

It possible to get a loan from the government in order to start a tire recycle business?

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It depends - you can either get a loan from a private bank or the central bank. That choice really depends on where you are registered and what interests rates are more profitable. Before you actually request to receive a loan, make sure you present a proposal in order to convince them that you will be able to pay them back and that your business will not be a liability.

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Trevor Agulhas

Jan 24, 2017

"I am very interested and I am very much desiring to start a tire recycling business. Through your article, I have now learned that there are grants available for such a business. I am definitely gonna pursue such avenue. Having said that, I thank you from the bottom of my heart for making me aware of such Intervention."..." more

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Frank Harris

May 27, 2016

"Although I mistakenly hit the thumbs down, I found the article to be extremely helpful for anyone wanting to pursue this pretty basic ambition. Can easily serve as a launch pad into other business related endeavors."..." more

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N. K.

Aug 2, 2017

"The possibility of government funding because it is a green business was helpful. It would definitely help, because not everyone has cold, hard cash. Thank you."..." more

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Ashok Shrivastav

Sep 7, 2016

"I am planning to set up a retreading unit. This motivated me for the best."